18: The Three Fiends Steal Bones, Chaos Devours Spirits

A decisive kill! A true Ambush from Ten Sides!

Three streams of light, carrying fatal aura, tore through the desolate grayness of the ancient battlefield like three poisoned daggers, precisely and viciously sealing off all possibilities for Chen Feng to dodge! The glabella, the heart, the right arm! Every strike targeted a vital point, and each attack contained the full power of a Qi Condensation Peak expert, further imbued with sinister and strange malevolent energy attributes!

Chen Feng was at the critical moment of devouring the Skeleton Tyrant's source! His right arm was deep within the shriveled malevolent energy core. The violent source malevolent energy, like an uncontrolled flood, was frantically rushing into his body, fiercely clashing with the chaos base point, bringing tearing pain and a sense of swelling! The dark-gold chaos cracks covering his whole body flickered erratically, like porcelain about to shatter!

Dodge? He couldn't move! Block? He couldn't spare the energy!

The coldness of death, like a viper's tongue, instantly licked Chen Feng's spine! He could even clearly “see” the destructive will contained within the three streams of light—the pale Death Qi that froze the soul, the Foul Demonic Light that devoured vitality, and the Malicious Blood Flame that burned everything to ash!

"Roar—!" Chen Feng let out an unwilling roar. The chaos base point shook frantically, attempting to mobilize power for defense, but the process of devouring and breaking through was like a tightly drawn bowstring. Forcibly interrupting or diverting power would, at best, lead to failure, and at worst, result in the collapse of the base point and death by backlash!

The three streams of light were about to completely engulf him!

It was at this critical, desperate moment!

Buzz—!!!

Deep within his Sea of Consciousness, the cracked, long-dormant fragment of the fate plate seemed to be completely activated by this fatal threat, suddenly erupting with an unprecedented, grayish light that pierced the darkness of his soul! All the cracks on the plate body lit up, especially the fissure at the core that contained the aura of the Silence Heavenly Scourge, which leaped with dazzling electric light, like an awakened Thunder Dragon!

[Detecting... Fatal Threat... Three Targets Locked...]

[Host Status: Critical Devouring Phase... Cannot Interrupt...]

[Initiating... Ultimate Defense Protocol...]

[Plan: Guide chaos base point... External Release... Silence Thunder Domain!]

[Energy Source: Residual Source of the Skeleton Tyrant... life plate Silence Imprint...]

[Cost: Base Point Energy Overdraft... Crack Intensification... Risk of Severe Soul Damage...]

[Confirm... Payment...]

The cold prompt information rushed into Chen Feng's collapsing consciousness like a flood! No time to think! No time to weigh the options!

"Release!!!" Chen Feng roared hysterically from the depths of his soul! His will slammed down like a red-hot branding iron!

Boom—!!!

It was as if a Chaos Thunder Pool had been detonated inside Chen Feng!

Centered on his body, an indescribable, terrifying energy storm—a mixture of grayish chaos currents, dark-gold ancient malevolence source, and dazzling Silence Thunder Light—suddenly erupted!

This storm did not spread outward; instead, it instantly formed a miniature domain, less than ten meters in diameter but condensed to the extreme! Within the domain, the grayish currents acted like a Wall of Chaos, dark-gold malevolence runes formed the foundation of the laws, and the leaping streaks of Silence Thunder Light, radiating an aura of ending all things, were like Chains of Destruction roaming within the domain!

Chaos: Silence Thunder Domain!

The moment the domain formed!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

The three fatal streams of light slammed viciously into this miniature domain interwoven with grayish thunder light!

The anticipated energy annihilation and violent explosion did not occur!

It was like three pebbles being thrown into a viscous, heavy, chaotic mire filled with destructive will!

The pale, bone-like, soul-freezing Death Qi, the instant it touched the grayish chaos currents within the domain, had its supreme icy will assimilated and diluted, as if it had encountered an older, more encompassing source of "coldness"! The Death Qi itself was violently struck by the roaming Silence Thunder Light, issuing a "sizzle" of lamentation as it rapidly melted and disintegrated, like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun!

The pitch-black, light-devouring Foul Demonic Light was immediately suppressed by the dark-gold ancient malevolence source laws upon entering the domain! The ancient malevolence source, derived from the purest malevolent intent of the oldest battlefields, inherently possessed the magnificent power to shatter evil and suppress demons! The Foul Demonic Light met its nemesis, being frantically eroded and purified by the dark-gold malevolence runes! The Silence Thunder Light followed closely, instantly igniting and incinerating it like a red-hot branding iron plunged into foul oil!

The stream of light, crimson like blood and burning with malicious flames, was the most violent! It crashed into the domain, its blood flames surging, attempting to burn everything down! However, the ubiquitous Silence Thunder Light within the domain, carrying the supreme will to end all things, struck the blood flames like a Whip of Heavenly Punishment! Each strike took away large swathes of the malicious flames, annihilating the negative will at its core! The chaos currents acted like an invisible millstone, grinding and devouring the residual blood flames bit by bit!

Silent annihilation!

The three fatal sneak attacks, each capable of instantly killing a Qi Condensation Peak expert, lasted for less than a breath before the nascent, condensed Chaos Silence Thunder Domain, melting and disintegrating completely. They transformed into the most primitive energy particles, which were greedily swallowed and absorbed by the rotating grayish currents and dark-gold malevolence runes!

Outside the domain, the three figures that launched the sneak attack instantly froze!

To the left was a mummy suspended mid-air, wrapped in tattered burial cloth, its eye sockets burning with pale soul fire. It let out a shrill shriek, its soul fire flickering violently, clearly indicating that the cold Death Qi was connected to its mind!

To the right was a black, viscous monster, constantly wriggling, composed of countless twisted vengeful spirits and foul demonic energy. It let out a chaotic hiss, its form fluctuating violently. The destruction of the Foul Demonic Light had damaged its core source!

Behind him was a terrifying fierce beast, crimson all over, shaped like a skinned giant lizard, its body burning with malicious blood flames. It let out a painful roar, its blood flames noticeably dimmer.

Horror! Unbelievable horror!

Their long-planned decisive kill was actually dissolved so easily by the opponent in such a bizarre and tyrannical manner! The aura emanating from the grayish, lightning-flashing miniature domain made them feel... fear, stemming from their malevolent energy source!

However, Chen Feng's crisis was not over!

Forcibly releasing the Chaos Silence Thunder Domain came at a huge cost! The residual source of the Skeleton Tyrant was instantly drained! The chaos base point shook violently, its rotation speed plummeting. The grayish currents became thin and dim, and the core Silence Thunder Light was weakened to the extreme! The dark-gold chaos cracks covering his body cracked and expanded again like drought-stricken earth, and dark-gold blood gushed out like a spring! A tearing pain came from his Divine Soul, and his vision swam with black spots!

Worse still, the process of devouring the Skeleton Tyrant's source was forcibly interrupted! The massive amount of violent malevolent energy inside him, which hadn't been refined, lost its guidance. Like a wild horse, it wildly crashed and rampaged through his riddled meridians and cracks! The agony engulfed him like a tsunami!

"Pfft!" Chen Feng spat out another mouthful of foul blood mixed with dark-gold blood and malevolent energy fragments. His body shook violently, and the Chaos Silence Thunder Domain he maintained flickered erratically, on the verge of collapse!

"He's finished! The domain is collapsing! Seize the malevolent bone!" The monster made of foul demonic energy let out a sharp, chaotic shriek and was the first to react! Disregarding caution, its wriggling body suddenly swelled, splitting into countless sticky, foul-smelling black tentacles. Like ten thousand snakes leaving their lair, they coiled up monstrous demonic energy and viciously stabbed toward the tottering thunder domain, aiming directly for the dark-gold malevolent bone tightly grasped in Chen Feng's right hand!

"The malevolent bone is mine!" The crimson Blood Lizard fierce beast roared, its malicious blood flames surging again, transforming into a Heaven-Burning Blood Shadow. It opened its massive, fang-filled maw and spat out a condensed Blood Flame Poison Arrow, arriving first despite starting later, shooting towards Chen Feng's right arm!

"Soul Seizing and Spirit Refining!" The pale mummy's soul fire surged in its eye sockets. Its withered claws waved repeatedly, sending out several pale chains condensed from pure Death Qi, carrying soul-freezing coldness, silently wrapping around Chen Feng's head!

Strike while the iron is hot! The three malevolent creatures cooperated tacitly, their attacks becoming even more vicious and fatal! With the domain about to collapse and Chen Feng severely injured and near death, the outcome seemed sealed!

"Hoo... hoo..." Chen Feng gasped violently, his bloodshot eyes fixed on the three fatal attacks striking again. The violent malevolent energy clashing inside him brought tearing pain. The weakness of the chaos base point made it incredibly difficult for him to even remain standing, and the tearing sensation in his Divine Soul was like being cut by a dull knife.

Despair! A more complete despair than before!

However, just as his consciousness was about to be completely swallowed by intense pain and despair, a ferocious will, almost instinctive, forged repeatedly by the crisis of death and originating from the deepest part of the chaos base point, erupted like a dormant volcano!

If I can't swallow the big one... then I'll swallow you!

An utterly insane thought split the chaos like lightning!

"life plate! Reverse... for me!!" Chen Feng let out a hysterical roar from the depths of his soul! He no longer tried to suppress the violent malevolent energy inside him, nor did he forcibly maintain the collapsing thunder domain! Instead, he used his last shred of will to frantically urge the chaos base point, simultaneously activating the dark-gold malevolent bone in his hand!

Buzz! Boom—!

Driven by Chen Feng's desperate will, the collapsing Chaos Silence Thunder Domain did not dissipate; instead, it suddenly... collapsed inward!

Like the return of the universe to the ruins! The grayish chaos currents, the dark-gold ancient malevolence laws, and the leaping Silence Thunder Light instantly collapsed and condensed inward, centered on Chen Feng's body, forming a Chaos Origin Point, less than a foot in diameter, yet emitting a terrifying suction force!

This Origin Point was pitch black, yet seemed to contain the circulation of ten thousand colors! The point of Silence Thunder Light at the center was like the Eye that Opened the Heavens, coldly observing all things in the world! An irresistible, terrifying suction force, seemingly capable of devouring all the heavens and myriad worlds, erupted!

The first to bear the brunt were the three incoming fatal attacks!

The ten thousand black tentacles composed of foul demonic energy were suddenly dragged toward the Chaos Origin Point, as if gripped by an invisible giant hand! The tentacles twisted and struggled frantically, the demonic energy surging violently, but they could not resist the mighty devouring power originating from chaos! Like a whale drawing water, they were violently ripped and swallowed by the pitch-black Origin Point!

"No—!" The demonic energy monster let out a shriek of horror, attempting to sever its tentacles, but it was too late! The devouring power instantly spread along the tentacles to its main body! Its viscous body, composed of countless vengeful spirits and foul demonic energy, twisted and deformed frantically, as if thrown into a meat grinder. It was forcibly dragged and compressed, transforming into a sticky black torrent that was screamed and sucked into the Chaos Origin Point!

Next was the Heaven-Burning Blood Flame Poison Arrow! It seemed to hit an invisible black hole wall, its forward momentum instantly stagnating! The malicious blood flames burning on the arrow were immediately suppressed and extinguished by the silence aura emanating from the Origin Point! The entire poison arrow disintegrated inch by inch like a fragile ice shard, and the violent blood malevolence power it contained was completely swallowed by the Origin Point!

"Roar!" The crimson Blood Lizard fierce beast was terrified and desperate, turning to flee! But the terrifying suction force had already locked onto it! The malicious blood flames burning around its body were forcibly stripped away and devoured like a candle in the wind! Its massive body was firmly gripped by an invisible force, its four claws plowing deep furrows in the scorched earth, yet it was irresistibly dragged toward the deadly Chaos Origin Point!

"Ugh Ah—!" The Death Qi chains released by the pale mummy were like ropes willingly offered. The moment they touched the Chaos Origin Point, the soul-freezing Death Qi was completely purified and annihilated by the Silence Thunder Light! The chains themselves, along with the mummy's withered claws, rapidly dissolved as if plunged into strong acid! The terrifying suction instantly spread along the chains to the mummy's entire body! The pale soul fire in its eye sockets flickered wildly, emitting silent wails. The burial cloth shattered inch by inch, and its withered body, like rotten wood drained of moisture, rapidly shriveled and disintegrated, transforming into a pale Death Qi torrent that was swallowed by the Origin Point!

Devouring! Absolute Devouring!

The three malevolent demonic creatures at the Qi Condensation Peak lasted for less than three breaths before being completely annihilated by the terrifying Devouring of the Chaos Origin Point! Not a single trace remained!

After devouring the vast malevolent energy source of the three malevolent creatures, the Chaos Origin Point suddenly swelled by a circle! The grayish currents inside became denser, the dark-gold malevolence runes became more solid and clear, and the point of Silence Thunder Light brightened slightly! A purer, vaster power fed back, instantly surging into Chen Feng's collapsing body!

"Uh..." Chen Feng let out a groan like a drowning person being rescued. The violently clashing malevolent energy inside him was forcibly calmed and guided by this pure source power! The chaos base point, like rain after a long drought, greedily absorbed this power, its rotation speed accelerating again, releasing more chaos currents to nourish his entire body!

The dark-gold chaos cracks covering his entire body, nourished by this pure malevolent energy source and washed by the chaos currents, began to forcibly mend at a visible speed, as if being reforged by a divine craftsman! Where they mended, divine light was contained within, radiating a tougher, denser chaos luster than before! A vast aura, far surpassing the Qi Condensation Peak and faintly touching the threshold of Foundation Establishment, erupted from his body like an awakened giant dragon!

The barrier of the Qi Condensation Peak shattered violently like a fragile dam under the assault of this violent power, attacking both internally and externally!

Foundation Establishment! Chaos Establishes the Immortal Foundation!

A brand new, vast sense of power instantly filled Chen Feng's limbs and bones like a breached flood! Although he still couldn't mobilize Spiritual Power to cast spells like traditional cultivators, this body—founded on chaos, fueled by the malevolent bone, and tempered through the Silence Heavenly Scourge and the malevolent energy of the battlefield—had reached an incredible level in terms of pure physical strength, defensive intensity, and vital energy!

He slowly raised his head. On his blood-stained face, his grayish, chaotic pupils coldly swept across the silent ancient battlefield. The residual power from devouring the three malevolent creatures had not yet dissipated, and the Chaos Origin Point slowly vanished, leaving behind only a vacuum where the energy had been forcibly consumed.

Dead silence. After a brief dead silence, came an even deeper fear!

Deep within this ancient battlefield, countless prying, greedy wills, upon sensing the terrifying pressure of the Chaos Origin Point devouring everything and the Foundation Establishment aura radiating from Chen Feng, like that of a Primordial Fierce Beast, retreated in panic like a tide! The malevolent demonic creatures hiding beneath the scorched earth and in the shadows of huge wreckage no longer dared to show their heads!

Chen Feng slowly straightened his body. Most of the cracks on his body had mended, and the dark-gold chaos luster faintly circulated beneath his skin. He clenched his right fist, feeling the terrifying power capable of shaking mountains, and the steady, vast pulsation of the chaos base point within him, like the core of the universe.

He lowered his head and looked at the dark-gold malevolent bone in his hand. The dark-silver patterns on the bone fragment still flowed slowly, radiating a vast and heavy aura, but they seemed slightly dimmer.

"It's still not enough..." Chen Feng muttered softly, his grayish chaotic pupils looking toward the depths of the ancient battlefield, in the direction where the malevolent energy was denser and faint, more terrifying fluctuations were coming from. Su Wanzhao's Guanghan Beacon was still weak, and the road ahead remained perilous. He needed more! Stronger power!

He took a step, his heavy stride landing on the scorched earth, emitting a dull sound like the beating of a war drum. Every step caused the silent ancient battlefield to tremble slightly.

The hunt... has begun.